shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
those interested in participating; persons wishing to participate
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
headquarters; head office; main office
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to steal a kiss; to snatch a kiss
boy; son; baby boy; young man
expression; presentation; representation; notation
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
around the clock; day and night
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
divide into four pieces; one fourth
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
still; even now; to this day
interior; inside; internal
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
remora; suckerfish; sharksucker (any fish of family Echeneidae); live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person